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Faith leaders, advocates and students outline local strategies to protect LGBTQ residents and students
Summary
At the York town hall, clergy, advocates and state officials urged faith communities and allies to act publicly and covertly: open welcoming congregations, allyship commitments, school-level support networks and subversive outreach to bypass hostile school boards.
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Faith leaders, community advocates and state officials used a Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission town hall in York to set out local strategies to protect LGBTQ residents and students, calling for visible allyship, faith-based welcome, and discreet networks to get resources to vulnerable young people in hostile school districts.
"If you follow me on Facebook, you know I always end my post by saying another world is possible. It's gonna happen because of what people in this room do," said Reverend Jesse North, pastor of Wrightsville…
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